Hello and welcome to the software section of my Web page. Below are some of the utilities I’ve
developed over the years. Many are obsolete and are only included here for historical reference.
All are 100% free from spyware or advertisements.
Menu program for generating and copying standard responses to the Clipboard. Takes the drudgery out of composing common replies to customer inquiries. Can be useful in Support, Customer Service, Marketing and Sales settings, or to quickly fill-in forms. Customizable prompts may also be used to allow portions of the response to be updated dynamically.
2009
Shareware
TXT2SQL
Creates SQL Insert or Create Table statements from delimited text. Supported delimiters include Comma, Pipe or Tab. Inputs and outputs can be toggled between File and Clipboard. May be useful for migrating data to Oracle or another DBMS.
2006
Shareware
Zip Code Locator 2.0
Displays Zip Code information for a given Zip Code, City and State pair or City by itself. The city represented by the selected Zip Code is plotted graphically on a map of the contiguous United States. Also features the ability to calculate the average linear distance between two cities.
2006
Shareware
SIC Lookup
Stand-alone program for looking-up SIC codes by number or by keywords.
2004
Developed for Oracle
File Duplicator
Creates multiple copies of a given source file, following a numeric file specification. Designed mainly for qualifying and testing the capabilities of specific USBMS-compliant hardware devices.
2003
Developed for Logitech
Bugbase Field Extractor
Connects to Lotus Notes databases in real time, and allows selected fields to be imported into a table. From there records can be filtered, sorted, cut, cropped, printed, exported or copied to the Clipboard in RTF format. Useful for generating reports in Lotus Notes.
2002
Developed for Logitech
Time Synchronizer
Synchronizes the PC’s TOD clock with a server that is synchronized to the worldwide atomic clock.
Note: This program is not recommended under Windows XP, as the operating system already includes a feature similar in scope to this program.
2002
Freeware
TV Snow Screen Saver
Screen saver with an effect similar to a television without a signal. Requires DirectX 7.0 or higher (included with Windows XP).
2002
Freeware
BMI Calculator
Calculates Body Mass Index (BMI), to help determine ideal body weight. Height may be specified in feet & inches and weight given in pounds.
2001
Freeware
PicVid
Using a Logitech QuickCam™ USB video camera, video may be previewed, recorded (in AVI format), still images may be captured (as JPG files) or stills can be automatically uploaded to a Web site at periodic intervals (Web cam function). Based on the Logitech QuickCam™ SDK.
2000
Developed for Logitech
Shutdown
Automatically shuts-down or restarts Windows after a specified period of time.
2000
Freeware
File Information Extractor
Recursively searches a specified path, providing file information such as name, date, size, version and other information.
1999
Developed for Logitech
RMA Tracking
Custom front-end utility to provide database search capabilities for company client.
1998
Developed for AMAX
Customer Support Documents (CSDocs)
A customizable menu system that allows point-and-click selection of documents containing standard responses to customer inquiries. The contents of the selected document are copied to the Clipboard, then manually pasted into the E-mail (or other) application and tailored before the response is sent to the customer.
1997
Developed for Logitech
SoundMan Wave Tone Controls (SMWTone)
Provides Bass, Treble, Master Volume controls and a Mute option for the Logitech SoundMan Wave sound card under Windows 3.1. Requires VBrun300.dll.
1996
Shareware
Image Size Calculator
Helps estimate the memory requirements of an image, given the type of image and DPI setting. Helpful for scanner owners. Requires VBrun300.dll.
1996
Freeware
Virtual Keyboard
Allows typing using a mouse, rather than a keyboard. Requires VBrun300.dll.
1996
Shareware
Zip Code Locator 1.0 (obsolete)
Looks-up the City and State for a given Zip Code, or vice versa. Requires VBrun200.dll.
Note: This software has been superseded by an updated version.
1995
Shareware
Area Code Locator
Looks-up the City, State and Time Zone for a given Area Code, or vice versa. Requires VBrun200.dll.
Displays a listing of drive letters in use, along with the type of media (floppy, hard disk, removable, CD-ROM or network drive).
2003
Freeware
Multi-Partition Menu
Configurable boot menu that allows up to four different partitions to be managed. Partitions may be selectively “re-Ghosted” or set as the active partition. For use with drive imaging applications such as Norton Ghost™.
2001
Unreleased
Ghost Menu
Front-end graphical menu system for use with drive-imaging applications such as Norton Ghost™. Configurable for “re-Ghosting” entire drive or the first partition on the drive.
1999
Developed for Logitech
WingMan™ Joystick Test Utility
Graphical test utility for Logitech WingMan™ and WingMan Extreme™ joysticks. This utility has been downloaded by thousands of Logitech customers and was also included on the Microsoft Windows 95 (OSR-2) Installation CD.
1996
Developed for Logitech
Zip Code Locator for DOS
Looks-up the City and State for a given Zip Code, or vice versa.
1995
Shareware
Case Text File Converter
Converts ASCII text files to ALL UPPERCASE, all lowercase, First word capitalized or Every Word Capitalized. Also performs standard EOL conversions between DOS, Unix & Mac formats.
1994
Shareware
Telephone Prefix Locator for California
Displays the City zone for the specified Area Code and 3-digit telephone prefix (California prefixes only).
1994
Shareware
Cardfile-to-Text Converter (CRD2TXT)
Converts Windows Card Files to standard ASCII or delimited text. Registrants receive a program that performs the reverse conversion.
1993
Shareware
Snow Screen Saver for DOS
Screen saver with an effect similar to a television without a signal.
1993
Freeware
Barclock
Displays time graphically, in rows of colored blocks representing hours, minutes and seconds.
1993
Freeware
TIFF Image File Viewer (TIFFView)
Displays grayscale or line art (uncompressed or packbits-compressed) TIFF image files. Supports several pre-VESA video chipsets. Written in x86 Assembly Language for optimal speed.
1992
Unreleased
Base Converter
Converts numbers between Decimal, Hexadecimal and Binary bases.
1991
Shareware
IBM ASCII Chart (ASCChart)
Displays the entire ASCII character set on-screen with accompanying codes. Space toggles between Decimal and Hexadecimal notation.
As the mouse is moved over a key on the virtual music keyboard, the appropriate note is shown on the Bass or Treble Clef. May be helpful for learning to read sheet music.
Tests your knowledge of musical notation. Notes are selected at random, then the appropriate key must be selected on the virtual music keyboard. May be helpful for learning to read sheet music.
Calculates Body Mass Index (BMI) and plots it graphically, to help determine ideal body weight. Height may be specified in feet & inches or centimeters and weight given in pounds or kilograms.
Sound Skulptor for the Commodore 64. Concept based on article (part 1 / part 2) in the May, 1984 edition of Compute’s Gazette magazine
(disk image). This is an experimenter’s playground, providing access to virtually all SID registers through a graphical interface using a 1531 mouse (port 1) or joystick (port 2). Up to ten sound configurations can be loaded or
saved at a time (occupying less than one block for ten sounds). Users of modern GUI interfaces will feel right at home with familiar controls such as checkboxes, radio buttons, slider controls and up/down "spinner" controls that are used in the program to manipulate the various SID registers. A list of available keyboard shortcuts can be found by LISTing the BASIC loader program to the screen. To optimize program execution speed, Sound
Skulptor was written in 100% 6502 Assembly Language using the C64ASM cross compiler.
737 Demo
Boeing 737 demo for the Commodore 64. Front view of aircraft with animated turbofan engines, blinking strobes and simulated jet sounds.
Chinook Demo
Chinook helicopter demo for the Commodore 64. Rotors spin-up, helicopter taxis down the runway, takes off, then performs continuous fly-bys until a key is pressed. Audio is synchronized to coincide with rotorblade rotation.
TV Snow Screen Saver
Screen saver with an effect similar to a television without a signal.
The SID chip’s white noise generator is used as the audio and video source in this demo.
SID Scope
Activates the SID chip’s white noise generator, then displays its output graphically in a double-buffered, high resolution horizontal scroller – much like an oscilloscope.
DirInfo
Displays directory stats for single-sided, 1541-formatted floppies (160k). Information includes disk name, id, total number of files, summary of files by type and total number of blocks free.
Note: To use PRG (program) or D64 (1541 disk image) files in the Vice Commodore 64 Emulator, simply drag-and-drop the file onto the application window. If a cartridge image is loaded, it may be necessary to detach the cartridge image for this feature to work.
